Suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari’s wife, Ramatu Kyari, faints at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
Written by News Room on March 15, 2022
Suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari’s wife, Ramatu Kyari, fainted and slumped at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday.
According to reports, she slumped shortly after the trial judge, Justice Emeka Nwite, deferred the ruling on applications that DCP Kyari and six other persons facing drug trafficking charge with him, filed to be released on bail pending the determination of the case against them.
Ramatu, who wore a black hijab, fell on the floor while armed operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) were leading Kyari and the others away from the court premises.
The middle-aged woman was quickly carried and rushed inside one of the offices on the third floor of the court by some officials of the NDLEA and lawyers. One of the women in her company hinted to newsmen that she was asthmatic.
The NDLEA had on Monday, urged the court to deny Kyari and all the other defendants bail.
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